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Snow Slime

Ingredients: 4 oz of white glue, 1/2 tsp baking soda, optional glitter, 1.5 TBSP contact lense solution, 1 TBSP insta-snow, 4 oz water.

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Making Cards

How appropriate for Valentine's Week. Set up your table with construction paper and either markers, crayons, or colored pencils. Stickers...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Symmetry Dropper Art

Set up each child with tissue paper cut into a heart shape. Fold these in half and hold down with tape just on the very edge. Set our...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Play Dough Color Theory

Set your children up with red and white play dough. You can easily make your own play dough and save money. Give them equal amounts of...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Red and White Mixing Observation

Set up your art table for mixing. Give each child red and white paint. I like to have individual palettes, filling some spots with red,...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Small World Play

Set up a small play area. Add in artic or tundra animals, various trees or plants that seem appropriate. Place on train table or separate...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Bird Feeders

Set up children with individual spaces or together. Save up toilet paper rolls or paper towel rolls (if paper towel, cut in half or...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Oobleck

Oobleck is amazing, just fyi. To make Oobleck, you need 2:1 ratio cornstarch:water. Cornstarch is fairly cheap and you can buy it in...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Tiny Stories

Make little cardboard or felt scenes. You can connect these to make a little book, leave them out, or do one at a time. You could have...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Letter Writing

Fill trays or containers with sand. Place letter cards next to trays and let children explore making the shapes with their fingers. You...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Letter Shapes

Set up letter cards with objects for construction. This can be sticks, pipe cleaners, lego pieces, whatever you have that can work. Let...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Letter Sounds

Pick a letter and make a sound bin! Find toys and objects that start with the same letter and place into a bin. Focus on the sound as you...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Number Patterns

For this math setup, we will be exploring patterns. You can do this a couple ways.

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Scales/Balance Measurement Exploration

Like many of our setups, this scales and balance exploration encompasses more than one subject. Here we will explore measuring weight and...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20212 min read

Mancala Board- Number Value

Set up your mancala boards and counters from earlier. If you are using disposable ones, then write a number in each hole. If you don't...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Mancala Board- Addition and Multiplication Theory

If you don't have one of these- you can make them super easy from egg cartons. Just sanitize the cartons well and you're good. You can...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Ice Painting

Explore more melting and color mixing. Fill an ice tray with water. Mix in different colors of food dye into each spot. Add in a popsicle...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Ice and Salt Exploration

Let's explore more with melting. The night before this activity, pre-set up by making sure you have ice cubes. or even a sensory bin...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Frozen Animal Rescue

Explore ice while developing fine motor skills. Set this project up the night before. In your sensory tub bins, place toy animals (cold...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

On Going Science Experiment- Temperature- Freezing

This ongoing science experiment is so incredibly easy to set up and features a essential yet uncomplicated concept. To set up- fill same...

Elizabeth Gruss

Jan 4, 20211 min read

Blossom Play School

Snow Slime

Making Cards

Symmetry Dropper Art

Play Dough Color Theory

Red and White Mixing Observation

Small World Play

Bird Feeders

Oobleck

Tiny Stories

Letter Writing

Letter Shapes

Letter Sounds

Number Patterns

Scales/Balance Measurement Exploration

Mancala Board- Number Value

Mancala Board- Addition and Multiplication Theory

Ice Painting

Ice and Salt Exploration

Frozen Animal Rescue

On Going Science Experiment- Temperature- Freezing